| SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental
Tectonics Corporation (Amex: ETC) celebrates the development of revolutionary
simulation technology - Authentic Tactical Flight Simulation (ATFS). The ATFS
technology offers the tactical air training community a unique simulation
capability which could save billions in the reduction of operating costs,
aircraft mishap risks, wear on high cost tactical aircraft, and expensive
tactical range operation and requirements costs. The ATFS technology will be
demonstrated at ETC's Southampton, PA, facility during First Flight Days,
November 12, 13, and 14, 2003. During First Flight Days, ETC will provide live demonstrations of the ATFS in operation. ETC's test pilot will fly the ATFS in tactical flight simulation mode two times each day. Attendees will have the opportunity to see how the ATFS provides a pilot with continuous motion cueing and sustained G cueing in real time flight. ETC will display modular cockpit technology and high fidelity cockpits for the F-18D, the MIG-29N and the Hawk Mk-208. Throughout each day, flight training subject matter experts will conduct presentations on the following topics: Tactical Flight Simulation, Upset Recovery, Tactical Flight Simulator Safety Features, and Solving the Spatial Disorientation Problem. Attendees will have the opportunity to see and actually fly motion based flight simulators that incorporate life saving training illusions for Spatial Disorientation and other mishap causing scenarios. Pennsylvania Congressman Jim Greenwood will officially open First Flight Days with an address on November 12th. ETC has structured First Flight Days to address the interests of a variety of visitors. November 12th hosts members of the investment community and the news media; November 13th hosts the United States military, U.S. defense contractors, and Capitol Hill; and November 14 hosts the international community. Flight simulation has essentially remained unchanged since the 1960's while high performance tactical aircraft technology has advanced at a tremendous rate. Traditional simulation is no longer adequate to train fighter pilots in the complex maneuvering and systems management that spell life or death during air combat. Tactical flight simulation provides an authentic learning environment that exposes the pilot to the same stresses, including continuous motion and high G, that are experienced in actual combat flying, but in a safe controlled environment and at 1/20 the cost of flying the aircraft. By optimizing the training capability of Authentic Tactical Flight Simulation, Aircraft service life can be extended and training risk reduced. ETC designs, develops, installs, and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems, and related products for domestic and international customers. This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, contract cancellations, political unrest in customer countries, unfavorable results in litigation, general economic conditions, and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2003. |
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